Text message interventions for follow up of infants born to mothers positive for Chagas disease in Tucumán, Argentina: a feasibility study

• Autores: Cormick, Gabriela; Ciganda, Alvaro; Cafferata, Maria Luisa; Ripple, Michael J; Sosa-Estani, Sergio; Buekens, Pierre; Belizán, José M.; Althabe, Fernando
• Año de publicación: 2015
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Fuente: BMC research notes 2015; 29(8):508.
• Materia: Enfermedad de Chagas; Trypanosoma cruzi
• Institución: Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán"

Fil: Cormick, Gabriela. Department of Mother and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires; Argentina.
Fil: Ciganda, Alvaro. Unidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica Montevideo; Uruguay.
Fil: Cafferata, Maria Luisa. Unidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica Montevideo; Uruguay.
Fil: Sosa-Estani, Sergio. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología; Argentina.
Fil: Buekens, Pierre. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Estados Unidos.
Fil: Belizán, José M. Department of Mother and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires; Argentina.
Fil: Althabe, Fernando. Department of Mother and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Diagnosis of congenital Chagas disease occurs at 9 months of age, making effective treatment challenging due to loss to follow-up. Mobile health (mHealth) has been utilized to improve communication and treatment adherence in many chronic diseases, although no studies of mHealth in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected individuals have been conducted. Text message interventions, a subset of mHealth, has shown to improve appointment attendance and is relatively simple to set up, thus making it an ideal mechanism to facilitate communication with individuals in low-resource settings.